A 55-year-old man died on Monday after being hit by a beam during training In the gym in the Brazilian municipality Olinda. victim, Ronald Jose Salvador Montenegroshot in the chest, was rescued and transferred by the gym staff to the Rio Doce Emergency Care Unit (UPA), but he did not survive.
The incident, which occurred on Monday, December 1, was recorded on a security camera. In the pictures you can see Ronald doing this Bench press with a free bar. According to specialists A Improper grip can cause an accident.
The equipment slipped from his hands and fell onto his chest. After the impact, he stood up, but fell to the ground seconds later.
According to the Civil Police, the case was registered at the Rio Doce Police Station Accidental death. Ronald was training at RW Academia in the town of Jardim Atlantico. When contacted, the company explained that it provided immediate assistance to the man, and that it provides regular first aid training.
A family member, who preferred to remain anonymous, told G1 that Ronald was active, healthy, and exercised frequently. According to the family, the victim did not have professional supervision while exercising.
This exercise requires a trainer on this machine. In the video, you can see that he is in good shape, he even does a set of exercises, warms up his arms to repeat them, and when he sits down, he can’t and the bar slips. “But if there is oversight…what we want is for gyms to think about prevention with this equipment. And that personal trainers cannot let a student do it carelessly, even if they know how to do the movement.The relatives said.
Ronald, a father of two, was president of Palacio dos Bonicos Gigantes Cultural Center in Olinda And it was ACarnival enthusiast. The relative also said that the family contacted the academy to understand how the victim could get medical care, but they were told that only the autopsy report could explain what happened.
“I can only say that for sure when we get the autopsy report because the personal trainers who were at the gym, who took him to the emergency room, They were desperate“As if he was already dead.”
The family also reported that he is in the gym There was no first aid service.
“There were no firefighters, no medical center inside the gym, nothing. Completely unprotected. They have to do something, because people can’t die like this. “You’re in the gym and you know how to train, but you don’t have any supervision.”
Ronald was buried on Wednesday in the Morada da Paz cemetery, in Paulista, in Greater Recife.
G1 contacted RW Academy and expressed its condolences on the student’s death and stated that the incident was an accident, “A tragedy that has deeply shocked us.”
The gym was also asked whether the facilities were equipped to provide first aid and why there was no professional supervision of Ronald during his training. The company responded with the following:
Ronald Montenegro left behind two children: Melina and Ronald Montenegro, aged 26 and 18. The Palacio dos Boncos Gigantes Cultural Center in Olinda, which he headed, mourned his death.
In a statement, Regional Council for Physical Education (Cref/PE) He expressed his regret over the death of Ronald Montenegro, and stated that “the center is duly registered and has a physical education specialist in its facilities.” Recommended organization for students: